Mirninsky District

Mirninsky District
Мирнинский улус
Other transcription(s)
  YakutМииринэй улууһа
View of the town of Mirny, the administrative center of the district
Location of Mirninsky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 62°32′N 113°57′E / 62.533°N 113.950°E / 62.533; 113.950
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
EstablishedJanuary 12, 1965
Administrative centerMirny
Area
  Total
165,800 km2 (64,000 sq mi)
Population
  Total
38,802
  Density0.23/km2 (0.61/sq mi)
  Urban
92.9%
  Rural
7.1%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions2 Towns, 4 Settlements, 3 Rural okrugs
  Inhabited localities2 cities/towns, 4 urban-type settlements, 8 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asMirninsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions6 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 )
OKTMO ID98631000
Websitehttp://www.алмазный-край.рф

Mirninsky District (Russian: Ми́рнинский район; Yakut: Мииринэй улууһа, Miiriney uluuha) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders Olenyoksky District in the north and northeast, Nyurbinsky and Suntarsky Districts in the east, Lensky District in the south, and Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west. The area of the district is 165,800 square kilometers (64,000 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Mirny. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district (excluding its administrative center) was 38,802.